Rasmussen: KS Guv. Brownback Trailing Dem Opponent By 10

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers questions for reporters during an impromptu visit to The Associated Press office at the Statehouse, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Brownback called on wind-energy advocate... Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers questions for reporters during an impromptu visit to The Associated Press office at the Statehouse, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Brownback called on wind-energy advocates and opponents of a renewable-energy rule to compromise on the policy's future. (AP Photo/Credit withheld) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), trails Democratic challenger state Rep. Paul Davis by 10 percentage points, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.

The poll, released Tuesday, found Davis, the state House minority leader, leading Brownback 51 percent to 41 percent. Another 3 percent said they preferred another candidate and 5 percent said they were undecided. The poll, by the Republican-leaning Rasmussen, is the latest in a series of signs showing Brownback in serious trouble in his re-election campaign.

Brownback’s little-known primary challenger, Jennifer Winn, did surprisingly well in the primary against the governor, despite her long odds.

Before this Rasmussen poll, the TPM Polltracker average gave Davis a 6 point lead over Brownback.

The poll was conducted among 750 likely voters between August 6 and August 7. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Latest Polltracker

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    The first of many ® governors soon-to-be-shown-the-door-- for their destructive ALEC-driven policies.

    jw1

  2. Former back bencher, and now Brown Shirt in chief of Kansas, proves that the Peter Principle is doing fine as long as Fred C. Koch’s kids are alive.

  3. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    And Rasmussen, to boot. Funny how a couple of weeks ago the NYT ran a poll showing Brownback 13 points ahead, and the GOP just winning everything. I guess they got a dud after they lost Nate Silver.

  4. I guess someone heard they got their credit rating got cut again. Your tax cuts at work folks!

    btw, lets hope for some similar love for NE now, the Dems have a really good candidate up there too. And he just got $100k from Buffett to help out too.

  5. Again, don’t read anything into Brownback’s implosion that necessarily translates to other races. Brownback made an awful lot of enemies in the Kansas Republican Party when he stacked the legislature with TPers, cut funding for schools which is the third rail of Kansas politics, and strike three was several of his cronies being caught out in a bunch of shady deals that Brownback facilitated.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

1 more reply

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for jw1 Avatar for mymy Avatar for Robman2 Avatar for hippocritic Avatar for magical_panda Avatar for suicide_arsonist

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: